About Women Helping Youth
Women Helping Youth concentrates its giving on programs that serve children and adolescents in the Los Angeles area, emphasizing direct-service youth development, educational access, and arts and sports opportunities for underserved and special-needs populations. The foundation favors nonprofit program providers (charter schools, after‑school/mentoring groups, camps and adaptive sports) rather than research or advocacy, and often funds organizations that provide practical, hands‑on services like literacy distribution, arts instruction, and therapeutic or recreational programs for vulnerable youth.
Focus Areas
Children's literacy and free book distribution programs (e.g., Access Books)Support for foster, at‑risk, and transitional youth services (e.g., Rediscover Center; Youth Emerging Stronger)Arts education and after‑school arts programming for youth (e.g., White Hall Arts Academy)Services for youth with medical or developmental needs, including therapeutic camps and adaptive sports (e.g., Camp Del Corazon; Angel City Sports)Support for tuition‑free/charter elementary education in the LA region (e.g., Gabriella Charter School)
Who They Fund
public charities
About Women Helping Youth
A $56,400 grant to Access Books is the largest recent award on file for Women Helping Youth, and it fits the foundation’s pattern of funding hands-on services for children and adolescents in the Los Angeles area. The recent grants show a preference for nonprofit providers that work directly with young people through literacy distribution, mentoring, arts instruction, adaptive sports, and school-based support. These are mostly operating or program grants to public charities rather than gifts to individuals or advocacy groups. The foundation’s recent portfolio includes support for a mix of community organizations and schools serving underserved, foster, transitional, and special-needs youth. Rediscover Center received $36,130 in 2024 for its work in Los Angeles, while Youth Emerging Stronger received $35,000. Other awards went to Camp Del Corazon, Gabriella Charter School, White Hall Arts Academy, The Youth Center, Angel City Sports, and Exceptional Childrens Fnd. Taken together, the grants point to a funder that backs practical services for young people across education, recreation, and therapeutic support.
What Women Helping Youth Funds
Children’s literacy is one clear emphasis. Women Helping Youth gave $56,400 to Access Books for free book distribution, a grant that reflects direct support for reading access rather than broader education policy. The foundation also funds programs for foster, at-risk, and transitional youth. Rediscover Center Inc. received $36,130 in 2024, and Youth Emerging Stronger received $35,000, both in Los Angeles. In education, Gabriella Charter School was awarded $21,600, showing support for tuition-free or charter-based learning in the region. Arts and recreation also appear in the portfolio. White Hall Arts Academy received $21,118 for arts programming, while Camp Del Corazon and Angel City Sports received funding for youth with medical or developmental needs.
How Women Helping Youth Gives
Women Helping Youth gives in the low-to-mid tens of thousands, with a typical grant size of $20,850 at the 25th percentile, $21,600 at the median, and $35,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent list includes both smaller awards and a larger outlier at $56,400. The pattern looks like repeated operating support for public charities rather than one-time gifts to individuals. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. The available recent grants are all in California, suggesting a tightly local grantmaking footprint.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$36K
Total Assets
$44K
Total Revenue
$2K
Total Expenses
$39K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $21K and $35K, with a median of $22K.
25th Percentile
$21K
Median
$22K
75th Percentile
$35K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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